Each morning MSSP Alert broadcasts a quick lineup of news, analysis and chatter from across the global managed security services provider, SOC (security operations center) and IT outsourcing ecosystem.

Here’s the update for Friday, August 31, 2018.

8. Germany Seeks Security Independence: Germany has formed a new agency to fund research on cybersecurity — and to end its reliance on digital technologies from the United States, China and other countries, Reuters reports.

7. Botnet Research & Trends: Everything you want to know about Botnets and security trends is likely right here — care of Kaspersky Lab’s research.

5. Security Training: Facebook and Texas A&M University-San Antonio are partnering to offer cybersecurity training. Facebook developed an online program with Codepath.com in 2017 that will be taught at the school by Texas A&M faculty, according to Texas Public Radio.

4. Small Business Network Security:Netgear has launched an Insight Managed Security router — known as the Insight Instant VPN Business Router (BR500). It allows small businesses to offer secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) access anywhere in the world. This new router is also designed to interconnect up to three offices as if they were connected locally, regardless of their geographical location, Netgear says.